Chinese carriers earned a collective net profit of CNY6.4 billion ($1.04 billion) in August, up 8% compared to a net income of CNY5.93 billion in the year-ago period.
The Russian government is considering Ramenskoye Airfield and Yermolino Airport as possible airports for low-cost carriers (LCC) in the Kaluga region, Kommersant newspaper has reported.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will re-launch services to Europe in November, after a 15-year break when all Philippine carriers were included on the European Commission’s so-called blacklist banning operations in European airspace.
Volaris Aviation Holding, parent of Mexican Low-cost carrier Volaris, has launched a simultaneous $346 million initial public offering (IPO) Sept. 18 at the New York Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange.
French leisure airline Transavia France has signed a contract with Toulouse-based software solutions specialist Open Airlines in a bid to reduce fuel burn.
In July, US airlines reported 13 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and three international flights with a tarmac delay exceeding four hours, according to the recent US Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report.
Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s with a total value of $18.7 billion at list prices.
As a follow-up to the July 12 fire in a parked and unoccupied Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport, FAA on Wednesday issued a final rule and airworthiness directive (AD) for US airlines to inspect 3,832 Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) installed on US aircraft.
Boeing’s first 787-9 reached an altitude of 20,400 feet (6,218 meters) during its inaugural test flight, which the manufacturer characterized as productive and successful.
Air France has presented an update on its Transform 2015 recovery program, which includes a potential 2,800 layoffs in 2014, to the Central Works Council.
Mexican low-cost carrier Interjet operated two Sukhoi Superjet 100s on revenue flights Wednesday, marking the first SSJ100 commercial flights by a Western airline.
The pilot shortage, air traffic congestion and passenger growth are creating bottlenecks in China, Airbus president Eric Chen told reporters in Beijing.
ACI Europe DG Olivier Jankovec is confident European airports will be ready for a partial relaxation of restrictions on carry-on liquids by January 2014.
FedEx Corp. reported a net profit of $489 million for its fiscal first quarter ended Aug. 31, up 7% over net earnings of $459 million in the prior-year period, even as the FedEx Express airline unit suffered a year-over-year revenue decline.
The Russian government has extended the appointment of Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Saveliev for another five years, according to a spokesperson for Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
IATA said Wednesday it has high expectations for the decisions that states will make at the ICAO 38th Assembly in Montreal next week and that climate change will be at the top of the agenda.
AAR’s New York facility has installed an Avtron Aerospace Hydraulic Component Test System, which is capable of evaluating a wide range of hydraulic products installed on next-generation aircraft.
